Also Known As:MGS2, MGS2: Sons of Liberty and Sons Of Liberty: Metal Gear Solid 2

Genre: Shooter, First-Person Shooter

Developer: Konami

Publisher: Konami

ESRB Rating: Mature

Release Date: November 13, 2001

Hints

Don't Shoot!

If the back-up squad has you cornered and you
need a way out. Just grab one around the neck and
now you have a hostage. They will only shoot at
you if they have a clear shot so keep him in
front of you.

Dog Tags Anyone?

Sneak up behind enemy soldier and press and hold
square and snake/Raiden should say "freeze". Once
this happens press and hold L1 to walk while
still have gun pointed. Then go to front of enemy
soldier and go into first-person mode with R1 and
hold it and at the enmy soldiers head and he
should say something stay there and he should
start shaking. THEN YOU WILL HEAR A RING AND
something hit the ground. Release the square
button shoot the man and pick up his dog tag.

Raising The Grip Bar

To raise your grip bar level and do pull-ups (L2+R2 while hanging)to hang lean against the railing and press the action button (triangle) I recommend you go to the bottom of Strut A right above the water pool to do this so if you fall you'll land in the pool instead of plummeting to your doom, preferably at the beginning of the game when you are playing as Raiden before you head up the elevator for the first time:
Lv. 1 to Lv. 2-Total of 100 pull-ups
Lv. 2 to Lv. 3-Total of 200 pull-ups
Lv. 3 to Lv. 4-Total of 300+ pull-ups (its more than 300 because I lost count sometime after 300)
Basically it raises 1 level every 100 pull-ups
And be sure to keep count and you have the time to do this because its going to take a while. So good luck.

Fighting Fatman Fortune And Vamp

Okay so here are the easiest ways to beat them:

Fatman: Have the sensor a bomb detector out so when he plants bombs you can get rid of at least one or two and plant claymores all around the place so he might run over them then whip out your SOCOM and shoot his head while he's getting up thats about it for him
Fortune: Fortune if the easiest boss in the game, just avoid her attacks and other objects. Don't bother wasting any ammo because nothing can hit her
Vamp: Use The RGB6 Grenade Launcher, the M4 Assult rifle and your SOCOM. Shoot grenades at him while he's swimming and walking on the ground and the M4 whenever especially helpfull when he's above you on the bars. The SOCOM is just an extra weapon, but the RGB6 and the M4 are the way to go.

Emma's Fear Of Bugs And Location Of The M9

Okay as you'll find out, Emma is afraid of bugs. Once you get back to the elevator with her there's a whole mess of roaches blocking the way to get into it. If you grab her hand and walk her over to them she'll say something along the lines of "bugs, bugs, I hate bugs", which makes it difficult do deal with them roaches. SO you can go about this situation one of two ways. The first way is to keep Emma back and use your Coolent Spray (the spray you used to freeze Fatman's bombs)to get the roaches out of the way, BUT, there's a catch; the roaches will come back in time. So it takes pretty long because of that and if Emma gets too close to the bugs she goes all the way back near the water and you'll have to start all over. That one annoys me SO the second, quicker and somewhat funny way is to shoot her with your M9 Tranquilizer Gun and drag her to the elevator. If you do that she'll start to talk while she's asleep and say's some random things. If you don't have the M9 you can find it in these places on these difficulties:
Very Easy:On the stack of white boxes to the right of the door at the bottom of Strut A (where you start)
Easy:In the vents at the bottom of Strut A (you can see one opening to the right of the small set of stairs by the water)
Normal:I believe it is in Strut B in the room where you first see Vamp on the upper floor, on the pathway in the front (right next to the set of stairs). If its not there then its in Strut F, top floor, in the only room that you don't need a cardkey to open it.
Hard:Its in Strut F, top floor, in the only room that you don't need a cardkey to open it.
Extreme:I'm not sure where it is on extreme because I haven't played it on that difficulty yet, but I'm just assuming its somewhere in Strut F, but like I said, I'm not sure where it is on that difficulty.
So yeah have fun and good luck with finding the M9 ESPECIALLY on extreme!

The Four Shots Of Killing Emma

When you get to start l oil fence take out your
psg1 and shoot her anywhere but the head you can
shoot her with any other gun except tranqs. and
explosives.
1st the first time you shoot her she says hey are
you trying to kill me?
2nd the second time you shoot her she says what
is wrong with you, you suck you know that.
3rd the third time you shoot her she says i am
sick of this!
4th the fourth time you shoot her she dies.

Emma & The Elevator

Elevator scene with Emma: instead of wasting
time using the Coolant to get rid of the bugs,
just use a stun grenade to knock her out and drag
Emma over to the elevator.

Perverted Snake

When you meet up with Snake in Arsenal Gear
place a "book" down somewhere close by him. He
will say "Damn kid!", look both ways, then stare
down at the magazine.

Fatman's Final Bomb

When Fatman activates his final bomb the only
hint he will give you is that it's "very close
by." After he dies, drag him away from where he
is and you will see a C4 bomb attached to a
large case of SEMTEX where he was sitting. Spray
the bomb with coolant to deactivate it.

Tanker Chapter: Secret Route To Metal Gear RAY Hold

When the Commandant begins his speech, after
going down the ladder, head to the left of the
room. Under the ladder on the left side is a
small hatch that can be opened. It leads to an
air duct which will take you to the other end of
the room. There is another hatch in Hold 2. Take
the one on the right. A guard will drop a clip in
front of you. This duct leads to an area directly
underneath Metal Gear RAY. Crawl through the air
duct on the right to get to a ladder, which takes
you directly in front of the "MARINES" insignia
on the side. Slide down the pole in front of you
to get to the ground floor.

Tanker Chapter: Second Railing Shortcut

When in the first hold on the Tanker section
(with Solid Snake), go down the first ladder and
jump over the second railing. Take a ration if
you are not at full health because your grip
gauge will drop faster. Then, shimmy to the left
by either pressing Left or L2. Shimmy to the
section of the railing closest to the projection
screen. When the guard that is up there turns
around, hop over the railing and tranquilize him
before he spins. Continue through the doors until
you reach the third hold, where there is a guard
dozing. Tranquilize him, then proceed to take
pictures of Metal Gear RAY from the upper
railing. You can get everything except the center
forward shot from the railing. To get down there
will be a pole somewhere along the walkway that
Snake can slide down. After sliding down, there
is a guard (depending on the difficulty level),
who is dozing. Tranquilize him, take the center
picture, then transmit the photos to Otacon.

Tanker Chapter: Pass Hold 1 And 2

When you arrive at the Hold 1 (where where the
commandant is lecturing all the soldiers), you
will see a ladder. Go down the ladder. You are
now on the second floor/second stage. Hang the
nearest ledge (hold L2 + R2) from the ladder,
then move to the left. Note: This trick will work
only if your grip is strong.

Tanker Chapter: More In-depth Information On Metal Gear RAY

Get to the Holding Decks where the Commandant
makes his speech. Do not worry about the time
limit. Get to the Commandant, take the pictures
you need, and hide safely in a corner. If needed,
tranquilize the sleeping guard to the left of
Metal Gear (to Snake's right when you face it).
Hide in the corner over there. In this corner, if
you did not take the sub-flooring passageway, you
can get a great shot of the "Marines" logo on
Metal Gear (though you do not need it). Wait out
the time limit, or if you have the bandanna or
the stealth camo, have some fun with the Marines,
but pay attention to the Commandant. By allowing
time to run out, the Commandant will start his
speech again. However this time he will make more
references to Shadow Moses and reveal even more
on the technical aspects of Metal Gear Ray, with
information he did not include in his first
speech.

Tanker Chapter: Loose Pipe

There is a place where a pipe can fall over if
you are against the wall. After you get past the
lasers in the engine room, go through the door.
You can keep running until you see a solider
approaching. Run towards him and go into the
opening where the hatch is located. Stand up
against the wall and peek around the corner to
where the solider is. If you stand there long
enough, a pipe will fall at your location and
attract the guard, giving you the chance to shoot
him.

Tanker Chapter: Hold 2 Screens

When you enter Hold 2, shoot all the guards in
line with your M9 (including the one wearing the
helmet). Press Triangle near the projectors
repeatedly, and a clip of a woman should appear
at first (the poster girl), then the second
should follow. Note: You will be caught.

Tanker Chapter: Cables

There are many cables in the tanker that you can
hang from. One is in the engine room just outside
the room with the Vulcan Raven figure. Hang over
the small railing and move across to get to the
other side. The other cables are in Hold 1 on the
second level, one from right to left, the other
across the left side.

Tanker Chapter: Toy Pellets

When you see the toy in front of the flashlight, shoot it. It will start to shoot small pellets all over the floor. When you get hallway just before the engine room there is a little toy with a gun. Shoot the toy with your M9 and it will become activated and start firing.

Tanker Chapter: Break The Door

Go to the left side of the dining hall on deck C.
Exit the hall and you will be in the room with
the girl posters. If you try to go back into the
dining hall, Snake will rip off the door wheel.
He will then place it back on the door. After
that, the door will be locked.

Tanker Chapter: Hidden Poster

When you enter the engine room, go down to the
bottom catwalk. When you reach the bottom of the
stairs, run up and you will see a white disposal
gate, similar to the ones on the deck. There will
be a small square black hole. Hang from the
horizontal rail above the hole. When you are
hanging, hold R1 and the look to your left. You
will see a poster like the one that
the ''perverted'' guard is looking at. Shoot it
and you will now be in alert mode.

Tanker Chapter: Exploding Poster Girl

There is a picture of a "poster girl" in the
engine room, to the south (which is why the guard
uses his binoculars to a wall). If you shoot her,
the picture will explode, causing you to enter
alert mode.

Tanker Chapter: Hideo Kojima Picture

When in the hold of the ship, in the second room
where Marines are (the room with two screens),
take a picture of the screen on the right while
it is on. A "ghost outline" of Hideo Kojima will
appear on the screen. Save this photo and Otocan
will react strongly when he views it.

Tank Chapter: Picture Reactions

If you take a picture of Olga after the fight
(when she is lying on the floor), Snake will make
a kissing sound. After taking a picture of a
poster girl Snake will say "good" or "great". He
will also say "good" when you take a picture of
the Vulcan Raven Toy. When in the holds with
Metal Gear Ray. take a picture of the Commandant
during the speech and Snake will say "hmmm".

Tanker Chapter: Take A Picture Of Ocelot

Go in the ventilation shafts, all the way to the
sliding pole where you will see Ocelot standing.
Be careful not to look away at first or he will
disappear. After getting to the area where you
slide down the pole, equip your Digital Camera.
Zoom in on Ocelot just to get a good picture.
Then go to the computer to submit the photo.
Otacon will make a funny movement.

Tanker Chapter: View Sergei's Troops

When in the first or second hold, watch the big
screen television. If you look closely, you can
see Sergei's troops take their positions on the
catwalks in the third hold.

Tanker Chapter: Sending Guards Over Edges

In the engine room's starboard entrance (the one
used when you first go into the engine room), go
down the hall. Go through the door on the left
that leads into the engine room. There should be
a guard with his back toward you, just standing
there. Go behind him and do the Punch(2), Kick
combo. He should fall off the edge and land on
top of another guard.

Tanker Chapter: Scared Guard

When you enter Deck 2, after you pass the engine room port, go to the third opening on the right. Press R2(2) and a pipe will fall and the guard will be scared. Another guard will appear and you will not get caught.

Tanker Chapter: Double Knockout

Under any difficulty setting, enter the engine
room from the starboard side with the Vulcan
Raven toy. Enter the door to the guarded area
slowly. There will be a guard here. Do the punch,
punch, kick combo. If done correctly, the guard
will fall down, die, and knock out the
unsuspecting guard below.

Tanker Chapter: Good Hiding Location

You are often spotted in the room where you see
the man's shadow. He is not the problem, but if
you are spotted there is no place to hide. Go
south and stay ahead of your enemies. There is a
tiny location with a locker in the southern-most
part of the room. It is a great hiding area. If
you stay there, the enemies will keep moving as
if you are still running around. You can now hide
in the locker. If the enemies are too close to
you, this will not work.

Box 5

Box 5 will take you nowhere. You will just end up
going to a room in Strut E.

Box 4

Box 4 will take you to Strut F (Warehouse)

Box 2

Box 2 will take you to Strut B (Transformer Room)

Box 1

Box 1 will take you to Strut C (Dining Room)

Plant Chapter: Transport Box Destinations

All the boxes will take you to different places.
Go to Strut E and there will be a platform you
can jump on, put on your box, and wait a few
seconds.

Plant Chapter: Snake In Box

In the Plant chapter, after you meet with
Stillman for the first time (in Strut C) and he
gives you Sensor A, run outside and head towards
Strut D. You will see an unconscious guard, and
Snake trying to escape in a cardboard box. If you
try to get close to him, he will make a break and
run for it. Alternatively, start blasting away at
the box. He will also start running away, but
shreds of the box(es) will be left behind.

Plant Chapter: Getting Through Arsenal Gear

To get through the room with the RAYS, hide
behind the crates until the enemies look away. Go
up the stairs in the north-west part of the room
and go across the closest connecting bridge. You
should be in the northeast part of the room on
the second floor. Knock out the enemy and enter
the door behind him. Once you get in, answer some
of the calls for laughs. You should get a call
from Rose, and then Snake will come in the room
and return your clothes. It is obvious what needs
to be done after this.

Plant Chapter: Falling Platforms

Use the following trick to tell if a platform
will fall or not. Shoot a platform (on a
connecting bridge for example). If you hear a
sound from the bullet hitting the floor, the
platform is going to fall. If you equip the
thermal goggles, the platforms that will fall
will be colored differently. Also, if you look
closely without the thermal goggles, the
platforms will have a slightly different color.

Plant Chapter: Turn On Hand Dryer

When in the Strut with a bathroom, go in and
press Punch near the hand dryer (white box) on
the wall and it will turn on.

Plant Chapter: Get The Girl Magazine

In Shell Core 1, in the B2 computer room, the
parrot will say something about the top of the
locker on the left side of the room. As you can
see, there is a girl magazine on top there. To
get it, make a guard suspicious by knocking on
the locker. When he gets there, punch him into
the locker a few times. the Magazine will fall
and reveal a surprise.

Plant Chapter: False Death

Go on the CD connecting bridge. Come out of strut
C and go to the first set of steps. If you are
arriving from strut D, go to the second set of
steps. There will be a trap door on the ground.
Stand on it, and Raiden will fall and scream as
if he were falling into the ocean. However, he
will not die.

Tanker Chapter: Knock Out All The Marines

Go to the part of the mission with all the
Marines watching the slides. Equip your M9 and
you can knock them all out. If you stay to the
side of each row you will not be seen. Make sure
to get a good headshot to avoid alerting them.
You can even hold up Marines, but they will not
give up anything. Make sure you use the M9 to
avoid detection and try to make the entire floor
fall asleep. It helps if you have the Bandanna or
Stealth Suit. Note: The game will start to run
very slow after about half the Marines are asleep.

Tanker Chapter: Marines In Boxer Shorts

Reach the last Marine room very quickly. If you
were fast enough, all the Marines will be in
boxer shorts.

Plant Chapter: Knock Out Guard Looking At Bird

Get on the AB connecting bridge on the Plant.
Shoot a bird with the M9 tranquilizer and make
sure that it lands somewhere near the guard.
Shoot the bird that you already shot down with
the M9 again. The guard will become suspicious.
Take out your SOCOM and shoot the bird that the
guard was looking at. For some reason the guard
will be knocked out while watching the bird die.

Plant Chapter: Getting Mines

During this chapter, Fatman lays claymore mines
around Shells 1 and 2. Use the mine detector to
see where they are located. After doing this,
crawl over the mines to pick them up.

Plant Chapter: Bomb Locations

When Stillman gets blown up and you have to find
the second bomb, it is at the bottom of Strut-A,
on the bottom of the submarine.

Plant Chapter: Getting Items On The Other Side Of Boxes In Strut F

Get the Level 1 card from Stillman, then go to
the room with the node in it. It is on the bottom
level. Go right across from the node and press
Crawl. Crawl through the shaft to the end. Crawl
out to reach the other room across the hall with
the other items on the other side.

Tanker Chapter: Secret Route To Metal Gear RAY Hold

When the Commandant begins his speech, after
going down the ladder, head to the left of the
room. Under the ladder on the left side is a
small hatch that can be opened. It leads to an
air duct which will take you to the other end of
the room. There is another hatch in Hold 2. Take
the one on the right. A guard will drop a clip in
front of you. This duct leads to an area directly
underneath Metal Gear RAY. Crawl through the air
duct on the right to get to a ladder, which takes
you directly in front of the "MARINES" insignia
on the side. Slide down the pole in front of you
to get to the ground floor.

Tanker Chapter: See Revolver Ocelot

When you are in the room with Metal Gear RAY and
the Marines go into the ventiation shaft, behind
Metal Gear, and you be able to see Ocelot before
he takes over and destroys the ship. Note: This
obviously cannot be done after submitting your
photos of RAY to Otacon.

Tanker Chapter: Knock Out Snake

When you are running down stairs, roll and Snake
will hit his head and lay motionless for about
five seconds.

Tanker Chapter: Drop Down Knock Out

When outside on the deck, hang over the rail
above an enemy. Drop on them to knock them
unconscious.

Tanker Chapter: Second Railing Shortcut

When in the first hold on the Tanker section
(with Solid Snake), go down the first ladder and
jump over the second railing. Take a ration if
you are not at full health because your grip
gauge will drop faster. Then, shimmy to the left
by either pressing Left or L2. Shimmy to the
section of the railing closest to the projection
screen. When the guard that is up there turns
around, hop over the railing and tranquilize him
before he spins. Continue through the doors until
you reach the third hold, where there is a guard
dozing. Tranquilize him, then proceed to take
pictures of Metal Gear RAY from the upper
railing. You can get everything except the center
forward shot from the railing. To get down there
will be a pole somewhere along the walkway that
Snake can slide down. After sliding down, there
is a guard (depending on the difficulty level),
who is dozing. Tranquilize him, take the center
picture, then transmit the photos to Otacon.

Tanker Chapter: Pass Hold 1 And 2

When you arrive at the Hold 1 (where where the
commandant is lecturing all the soldiers), you
will see a ladder. Go down the ladder. You are
now on the second floor/second stage. Hang the
nearest ledge (hold L2 + R2) from the ladder,
then move to the left. Note: This trick will work
only if your grip is strong.

Tanker Chapter: More In-depth Information On Metal Gear RAY

Get to the Holding Decks where the Commandant
makes his speech. Do not worry about the time
limit. Get to the Commandant, take the pictures
you need, and hide safely in a corner. If needed,
tranquilize the sleeping guard to the left of
Metal Gear (to Snake's right when you face it).
Hide in the corner over there. In this corner, if
you did not take the sub-flooring passageway, you
can get a great shot of the "Marines" logo on
Metal Gear (though you do not need it). Wait out
the time limit, or if you have the bandanna or
the stealth camo, have some fun with the Marines,
but pay attention to the Commandant. By allowing
time to run out, the Commandant will start his
speech again. However this time he will make more
references to Shadow Moses and reveal even more
on the technical aspects of Metal Gear Ray, with
information he did not include in his first
speech.

Tanker Chapter: Blushing Otacon

On the south wall of the engine room in the
tanker is a picture. Look at it with the Digital
Camera, zoom in, and take a picture of it. When
you get to the bow where Metal Gear is housed,
send it to him. He will tell you that it is a
nice picture and that he is going to make a copy.
Look at his cheeks while he is talking about it
to see him blush.

Tanker Chapter: Break The Door

Go to the left side of the dining hall on deck C.
Exit the hall and you will be in the room with
the girl posters. If you try to go back into the
dining hall, Snake will rip off the door wheel.
He will then place it back on the door. After
that, the door will be locked.

Tanker Chapter: Hidden Poster

When you enter the engine room, go down to the
bottom catwalk. When you reach the bottom of the
stairs, run up and you will see a white disposal
gate, similar to the ones on the deck. There will
be a small square black hole. Hang from the
horizontal rail above the hole. When you are
hanging, hold R1 and the look to your left. You
will see a poster like the one that
the ''perverted'' guard is looking at. Shoot it
and you will now be in alert mode.

Tanker Chapter: Exploding Poster Girl

There is a picture of a "poster girl" in the
engine room, to the south (which is why the guard
uses his binoculars to a wall). If you shoot her,
the picture will explode, causing you to enter
alert mode.

Snakes Dog Tags

In the arsenal chapter after the torture room go
in to the accending colon wait there and a
message will appear. Snake will show up with your
gear and show you how to use your blade. Put the
blade away and punch snake untill he is knocked
out. Then Drag him and drop his body. His
milatary tags will appear. It will count as more
than one dog tag. Its pretty cool.

Quick Skip Codec Calls

Press X button to stop the talking, then hold
Square until the Codec conversation is done. This
is useful when advancing past long, boring
intermissions, or intermissions that you have
already viewed.

The Domino Effect

When playing in the tanker level, press square on
a guard and trip him so he hits the next guard,
which makes a very funny domino effect.

Tired Of Missing Tags In Tanker?

Have you ever had to shot a guy in the Tanker
before you got his dog tags. Never want to wait
so you skip him, you could easily get the tags in
a shorter time if you happen to shot him. drag
him to a stair case go up the stairs a bitt then
drop him. pull gun out and start punching him
till he wakes up it is shorter. no stairs around
go near a wall and put him up against the wall
and start punching hil make sure you can reach
and hit him first. Then when he wakes up get in
front or behind or any were in first person view
and piont the gun at him. BINGO Dog Tags.

Fighting Solidus Snake

When you are fighting Solidus Snake in the very
end (with the High-Frequency Blade), he will dash
back and forth leaving large flames in his wake.
You will see him crouch just before he dashes,
this is the signal to do a flip to not get hurt.
Also, at the end of his dash, he will do a large
punch. As he is doing this, he takes a good
amount of time to stabd back up, so if you get
out of the way soon enough, you can attack him by
running to his side or back.Once you get him to
half health, he will relinquish his tentacles,
and will be much faster. Once he gets rid of his
tentacles, he will dash back and forth 3 times.
On the third, he will come straight at you and do
a large punch and/or a combo of blade attacks.
Right as he sarts coming at you, you must do a
flip to get out of the way. If you jump out of
the way at the right time, he will do a combo of
blade attacks, while he is doing these, run
around to hid back and attack with your sword.
Keep doing this and he will surely die.

Fight Less Metal Gears

Play the game on normal, and when you fight the
25 metal gears, you will only have to fight 5 of
them because they will say it's no use.

Sleeping Snake

Right agter you meet up with snake for the first
time (after seeing vamp for the first time) after
you stop taliking with snake he will fall asleep. Call him on the codec and he will be asleep and snoring and raiden will say, "is he sleeping?, or "wish i were that relaxed."

Get Shaver

Have you ever wondered how to get in the fenced
area in the very beginning of the plant chapter?
I'm gonna tell you how. First get out of the
water. Now hang on the ledge to the left of the
ladder. Then move to the left and you can move
right past the fence. Finnaly get off the ledge
and get the box. It is the Shaver.

Funny Message

When the guard is peeing on raiden call the colonel. The colonel and rose will make fun of raiden.

Easy Plant Tags

The easiest way to get dog tags on the plant
chapter is to get the coolant, after that shoot
gaurds with the M9,then sray them with the
coolant,make sure you're in front of him,then
point the gun at his head after he wakes up &
presto dogtags everywhere.

Bathroom Guard Is Back!

The guard in the Shell 1 B1 Conference Hall can
be heard while listening in on Ocelot and
Solidus. If you are listening with the
Directional Microphone, steer it to the left. The
guard in there is taking a dump and talking to
himself about other memories. He can also be
heard when covering Emma from guards and gun
cyphers on the oil fence with the PSG1. When Emma
is behind the second column she is being
confronted by the Bathroom Guard. Codec her is
you want but I recommend on not talking to her.
It is really funny.

Defeating Vamp

When you are looking for Emma, you have to fight
Vamp, "You can't kill him ether." To defeat him
easily use your Stingers and Grenades. When Vamp
is in the pool, Through 2 or 3 grenades in. When
he is out of the water lock on your stinger and
shoot him. He should die, "Pass out," very
quickly.

Get M9 Faster In Plant Chapter

When you start the plant chapter, when you come
out of the water, you will see an open vent on
the floor just a little bit to your right. Crawl
into the vent and turn right, and then take your
first left. You'll see the M9 box in front of you.
Note: will not work in normal, hard or extreme.
In those levels you'll find it later.(don't ask
me where). After you get it go out the way you
came in. You will see a rack to ur left and there
will be M9 ammo under it.

Easy Vent

On the part of the plant where you have to guide the nikatia missile through the vent, try using the vent in the room with the two cams in, its alot more easyier and simple!

Cool Wigs

To earn those wigs, you have to be on the 'plant' and have to get so many dog tags.
Brown Wig:Get 80-90 dogs, this gives you infinite ammo!!!
.
Blue wig:Get 170-180 dog tags, this gives you infinite air underwater!!!

Emma's Parakeet

Shoot the bird cage in the computer room in the
B2 of the Shell 1 core. The parakeet will
say "It's him, someone get over here," or "Enemy
sighted, send backup." You will have to shoot
the cage about 5-8 times for the bird to say
something. This is pretty much a waste of ammo
unless you have the brown wig.

Easy Fortune Escape

Alright, all Metal Gear fanatics know that
fortune can not be killed when she's wearing that
electromagnetic belt thingy, so here's an easy
way to escape the wrath of her electricity gun.
All you need to do is run left to right
throughout the whole battle, never try to shoot
her. Also if a beam or box falls in your path
dont try going over it or past it, just avoid it
because it will probably put you on fire.

Pee On Raiden

Once you're on Strut L, There will be Gurlukovich
soldiers looking throught the windows. Crawl to
avoid any rough stuff. There will also be several
gun-equipped Cyphers near the corner. Take them
out with your SOCOM. Once you've done this, go
and follow the walk way and there will be a scene
of a soldier who has to go pee. Since there's no
bathroom in sight, he'll go over the railing and
Raiden can go directly under the pee and
get "wet". NOTE: This will not happen if you're
in Alert, Evasion, or Caution mode.

Suicidal Guards

While on the heliport in Strut E go behind the
guard and choke him (with no weapons drawn push
square) but don't kill him.Take him near the edge
trying not to fall. Put him so that if he gets up
he'll face the water. Keep picking him up and
dropping him until his legs hang off. When he
gets up he'll fall off the the edge.

See Snake In The Box

After stillman tells you to go and find the
bombs, go the oposite way and you will see snake
crossing the rail hidden in the box.

Envious Guard

When you get to the part where you are
leaving the torture room inside arsenal gear, we
have all noticed that when you press up against
the torture machine, there is a conveniently
placed soda can that blocks out raidens "male
reproductive organs"-to avoid any obscene
language. Well, if you are playing on normal or
any higher difficulty, leave the room and alert
one of the guards. Then do the only thing you can
do, run. Run back to the torture room and press
back up against the machine. Let the guards clear
the room and when they leave, one of them will
look down towards raiden and say "I wish i had
that!"

Girly Slide Show

Ok, we all know about the girly posters in the
tanker chapter right? If not, then your aren't
heterosexual. Anyway, take a picture of like two
of them and then when you get to the holds in the
room where there is a projector, start pressing
the action button a whole bunch of times right by
the projector so that snake presses the button
alot. Eventually, there will be a video of a
tasty looking chinese girl on the screen. Keep
pressing it and there will be another girl video
on the other screen. You will get caught because
when the marines can't figure out which screen
they wanna stare at, snake goes off and puts the
commandant back on and they turn around and spot
you.

What Emma Really Thinks

If you point the directional microphone at Emma
as she is walking across the bridge when you have
to cover her with your sniper rifle, she is
like "oh gee i'm scared, it's too shaky' what if
i fall?" Well point it at her when she is behind
the first column shaped building and you can hear
her talking about raiden. Call her afterwards to
give her a piece of your mind. Point the
Directional microphone at her when she is behind
the second building and the same guard who has
stomach problems in the hostage room will pull
his gun on her and they talk for a second- his
name is johnny- and then his stomach problems
come back on him. ~In the hostage room when you
listen to solidus and ocelot talking, point your
microphone to the left at the bathroom and you
can hear the guard in there dropping a bomb and
he isn't having a good time~

Hidden Books

There are five books hidden above a locker on the
west side of the Shell 1 Core's B2 level. Punch
the locker until the door falls off, and the
books will fall from atop the locker.

Olga's Dog Tag

On the tanker after you beat Olga drag her around
and drop her, you get a dog tag that says Olga
Gurlukavich

Red Alert!

When you are on a connecting bridge that has a
guard patroling it, or if he's on top of a strut
like the ones on the E-F connecting bridge, throw
a chaff grenade, grenade, or a magazine off the
bridge, into the water, then the guards will call
backup.

Easy Kill Ray

Shooting the metal gear ray in the leg will make it crouch and open its mouth. Quickly shoot his face and the results are much better. (health wise)

Hold Hatches

Are you always getting sighted by the Marines
when you're in the Holds? Well, there's a way to
get to Hold No. 3 without being seen. There are
hidden Hatches in Holds 1 and 2. These Hatches
will get you to Hold No. 3 in no time! To open
the Hatches, you must stand up and press the
triangle button. The list below tells you where
the Hatches are located and where you can find
them.
HOLD LOCATION
1 Near the ladder on the west side
2 Near the ladder on the east side

Slower Guards

To get slower guards pull out your m-9 and shoot
the guard in his head when he falls asleep pull
out your usp or socum and shoot him in the upper
leg, so when he gets up he will be limping.

Fun With Posters

In the locker room on the Tanker part open a locker and there is a poster inside. Hit one with or with out you gun and something cool will happen!

Thermal Goggles

Once you beat Olga Gurloukavich, go to the south-
west corner and head up the stairs. There you'll
find a crew's look-out tower. Go up the tower to
the 3rd section and you'll find a spinning box.
In this box is a pair of 'THERMAL GOGGLES.'
These goggles are night-vision goggles. If you
go to FIRST PERSON VIEW and there's a soldier
near-by, you can tell if he has a 'DOG-TAG' or
not.

Codec Fun

If you wanna fool around for a second, press the
SELECT button and you'll view the codec. Go to
frequency 141.12 and press the UP button on the
directional pad. This will contact Otacon. To
fool around, press R2 while Otacon's talking to
make Snake talk without moving his lips! Snake
will say stuff like "OH MAN!" and "NO WAY!"
Another thing you can do is move the analog
sticks. The left analog stick will move Otacon's
face. If you press the left analog stick,
Otacon's face will zoom in! If you move the
right analog stick, the same things will happen
except it will happen to Snake.

Train Emma's Parakeet

Aim the directional microphone at Emma's parakeet
and press triangle to say "You must be Ames!" Do
this enough times and the bird will repeat "You
must be Ames!" ;)

Happy Birthday

If you put in the present date as your birthday
in the Tanker section, you'll get a surprise.

Da Monster

On the Tanker chapter, beat Olga Gurlukovich and shoot her body a few times with the M9. Otacon will contact you and say "What are you, some kind of monster?"

AK Suppressor

Afte defeating the Harrier, you will find this
item on the other side of the bridge. Remember to
use the coolant to extinguish the fires.

Snake's Dog Tag

After Snake gives you the High Frequency Blade
and Equipment, knock him out and shake him to get
his Dog Tag.

Mei Ling

Repeatedly save until you have listened to everything that Otacon has to say. Now, Mai Ling will appear.

The Box

Call Snake while in the box to listen to some weird message.

Mysterious Walking Box

After meeting Stillman, go north instead of south
to diffuse bombs. You can see somebody crawling
in a box across the bridge.

Get Dumped

If you kill enough birds, or fight the hostages,
Rose will dump you.

Bathroom Troubles

In the plant chapter, during the hosage situation, where you're listening in on Solidus
Snake's and Ocelot's conversaton, turn the Directional mic. To the room to the left and
you'l start to hear some guy complaining and doing his "business".

Grip Level

In the Plant Episode (Raiden) you'll notice when
you do Hanging Mode your Grip Gauge will say Grip
Lvl. 1 (Grip Level 1). It is possible to make it
go up. When in Hanging Mode press L2 and R2 at
the same time to do a pull up. After you do 100
Campbell will call you to tell you your grip went
up, do 100 more and Campbell will inform you that
your grip is up again. Your Grip Gauge should
say Grip Lvl. 3, and you can hang on for a long
time. Do this at the beginning of the Plant to
have it the rest of the game. I don't know if
this works for Snake so try and see!!!

Main Menu Fun

At the main menu screen you can press the L2
Button and a flash and gunshot will happen. You
can also move around the Right Analog Stick and
the background will move and change color, just
like in Metal Gear Solid 1!!!

Hidden Locker

Once you're on the tanker on DECK-B in the CREW
QUARTERS, you'll see a shadow coming from a
corner. That's a russain soilder. Take him out
with your M9. Now, walk all around the deck
until you see a wall that goes in. On the left
of the wall is a hidden locker. Press
the 'TRIANGLE' button to open the locker. In
there will be ammo for the USP Handgun. If you
don't have this gun, you'll get once you fight
Olga Gurlokuavitch. The cornel's daughter. This
fight will come later. Now you have another
place to hide yourself, unconscious enemies, or
dead enemies.

Cut Off A Guard's Radio

This is an important task to do espically when
you are trying to get there dog tags. If the
guard turns around you can actually shoot there
radio and it will "fail". You know it has failed
when it sparks. Sometimes he notices and
sometimes he doesn't, so watch out and try not to
stand in the open when you do this. Once his
radio has "failed" or been disabled, you don't
have to worry about "attack teams".

Disconnecting A Soilder's Transmission

If an enemie sees you, of course he'll try to
kill you and he'll also call for backup. To stop
the soilder from calling for backup, equip
the 'CHAFF GRENADE' and use FIRST PERSON VIEW to
aim right at the soilder's radio. A direct hit
will cut off the transmission. Now you don't
have to worry about any backup team. But you do
have to worry about the enemie that was going to
call for backup. Knock him out and you'll be all
set.

Distracting A Soilder

If you see an item that's labled 'BOOK' or an
item that's labled 'MAGAZINE' you can pick these
items up and drop them anywhere you want. If a
soilder comes across the 'BOOK' or 'MAGAZINE',
he'll pick it up and read it. Now, you have a
chance of shooting the enemie. NOTE- If you go
right in front of the distraced soilder, he'll
put the 'BOOK' or 'MAGAZINE' down and start to
shoot you and call for backup. Stay back while
aiming and shooting!

Bug Splatter

There will be several times in the game when you will be confronted by bugs. Take out a stinger or a grenade launcher and fire it into the mass of bugs in first person view, the bugs will splatter all over the camera.

Getting Past The Fire

After you rescue Emma and you are taking her to strut L, you will encounter a fire blocking your way. Use the coolant you got from Stillman. It will put the fire out.

Intruder Warning

On the tanker level in the third hold where Metal Gear RAY is held, listen carefully to the Marines speech. If you hang around to long he will test the marines by saying there is an intruder to the right, left, back and front. If you are not careful the alerted marines will catch you. Also watch out for when he lets them stretch out and relax because they can spot you if you don't hide.

Stealth Camouflage

Successfully complete the whole game and then go
back to the tanker mission. There, collect about
60 dog tags (You'll have to go through Very Easy,
Easy & Normal difficulties) and you will be
rewarded for your efforts the stealth camouflage
to use on your next mission.

Eye Check

When you are on the ship and you have to get your
eye examined to get through the door. Get
another soldier and get him in a choke hold (do
not kill him), bring him over to the place to
check your eyes and it will let you in.

Wanna Get Yelled At?

After beating Olga, and retrieving her gun. Take
out your tranq. gun and give her a shot. Upon
doing so Octacon will be sure to give you a piece
of his mind.

Get Bandana

Collect all the dog tags on any difficulty on the
tanker mission. Then play the tanker mission
again on a different difficulty and collect at
least one dog tag. When you beat the misiion, you
will have the bandana which gives you unlimited
ammo when equipped.

Lazy Marines

When you are going through the tanker, you get to
the part where the commander is giving his
speech. If you make it to the 3rd hold in under a
minute, the marines were to lazy to put their
pants on! They all have blue and white stripped
boxers on.

When Going To Shell 1 To Save The Presendant

There are about six bombs that you have to take
out.
The 1st two bombs are located at the far end ond
the ramp on the walls take out both with the
Sniper Rifle.
Then use the SUCOM to take out the bombs that are
in plane view. Then move Raiden to the left and
look through 1st person view and you will see and
bomb on the floor take it out.
Once you do that you have 2 more turn Raiden
around and look up over his head take the bomb
out.The last bomb is hard because you have to use
the Sniper Rifle to take it out, onces you have
selected the Rifle you have to follow the Marine
Spy cam flying around the roof top. take out the
box thats on top of the green light and your done.
Do not shot the green light r you will have to
start over again.

Defeating Fatman

After you freeze the bombs that he place around
the stage take your shot after Fatman falls to
the ground run up to him and use the 1st person
view and take a clear shot to the head.
After he tells you that there is one more bomb to
find use the sencer that the Cop gave you to find
the bombs and grag Fatman off the bomb and freeze
it.
Remember you must use the bomb sencer to locate
all the bombs through out the stage ok.

Fighting Your First Bad Guy

After finding out were the tanker is going, go
outside and you will be faced with a bad guy.
First thing you do is take out the spot light.
Secound take out the strings that's holding down
the cover.
Last, go for the target... You can use the walls
to bounce the bullets of the wall to hit her
after you take your first shoot run to the other
end of the ship, the reason for this is that she
will think you are still were you just taken your
shot.
Play mind games with her, but the best way to
take her out is to make 3 clear shots to the head.
Remember take out the light and the cover ok.

Hear Thoughts Of Codac Talks

When you get messages from other people (codac) You can press R1, R2, & R3 (right analog stick) to hear what snake thinks of other people it helps with the story & it's funny. when you press it don't hold it tap it and just keep on tapping til you her snake talk.

Codec Control

During any Codec conversation, press the Left Analog-stick or Right Analog-stick
to control the character's faces. Press L3 or R3 to zoom-in on the faces. Press
R1 or R2 while Snake or Raiden is listening to someone to hear their thoughts.

Control Intermission Sequences

During an intermission sequence, press the Right Analog-stick to move the view or
R1 to zoom-in.

Extreme Difficulty Setting

Successfully complete the game to unlock the extreme difficulty setting.

Alternate Title Screen

Successfully complete the game and the title screen will turn blue.

Infinite Ammunition

Collect all dog tags and successfully complete the game and save. Start a new
game and equip the wig you have unlocked. When this is equiped you will have
unlimited ammunition and not have to reload.

Get Rid Of Dead Soldier Bodies

When you find a soldier shoot him and kill him. Once you have done that take his body to the side of the ship and you will see a white line on the ground. Bring the body over to it. If you get close enough to it Snake will automatically throw the body overboard.

Some Funny Stuff

This isn't really a hint. It's just something to
do to amuse yourself.
1) Find a staircase, make Snake RUN down or up the
staircase. Press the X button to make him roll.
When he rolls on the staircase he falls flat on
his face, it looks funny.
2) Don't know what to do with those cigarettes?
Let Snake smoke them for the whole mission. It
drains his health and as an added bonus it looks
funny.

Various Things

1. In the locker area look for one of the lockers
with the asian woman poster. Stand up against the
poster and knock on her "private" area to alert
the guards. 2. Also with the posters, alert the guards
somewhere leaving the locker with the poster
open. Hide and when they see the poster its
pretty funny. 3. Go in a locker and crouch down. Call Otacon to
talk about the old days. =) 4. Yet again with the posters! ...Look at the
posters in the eyes or breasts for a second or
two and call Otacon....Lets just say thats snake
obviously lonley at times!!!

Extra Grip

Go to a rail, press triangle to jump off and hang. Quickly press and hold R1 and R2. While still holding R1 and R2 PRESS, DO NOT HOLD L2, and snake will do a pull up. Keep holding the R buttons and repetedly press L2 to do multiple pull ups, DO NO PRESS L2 FAST!, only for about a second. Now do 100 pull ups and you will get a call from Otacomn saying your grip strength is up.

Stuff About Guards

Shoot the guards radio transmitter so they can't call for back up.
Shoot the guards head for a one hit kill.
Shoot the guards leg so they start limping.
Shoot the guards hands so they cannot use their weapon.
Shoot the pipes or fire extinguisher that is next to a guard to kill him.
Hide in lockers if you need to, but don't press the forward button too hard or you will hit the locker with your face and alert the guards of your presence!

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